Rantala
Appearance
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Rantala is a Finnish surname.
Geographical distribution
[edit]As of 2014, 85.7% of all known bearers of the surname Rantala were residents of Finland, 5.1% of the United States, 3.4% in Sweden, 1.1% of Canada and 1.1% of Estonia.
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:628) in the following regions:[1]
- 1. South Ostrobothnia (1:262)
- 2. Satakunta (1:310)
- 3. Pirkanmaa (1:378)
- 4. Kymenlaakso (1:452)
- 5. Southwest Finland (1:488)
- 6. Central Ostrobothnia (1:507)
- 7. Päijänne Tavastia (1:537)
- 8. Tavastia Proper (1:543)
People
[edit]- Eero Rantala (1941–2019), Finnish politician
- Harri J. Rantala (born 1980), Finnish film director
- Iiro Rantala (born 1970), Finnish jazz pianist
- Leif Rantala (1947–2015), Finnish linguist
- Lene Rantala (born 1968), Danish team handball player
- Riku Rantala (born 1974), Finnish journalist, best known from travelling series Madventures
See also
[edit]- Rantala incident, 7-year-old child with Russian-Finnish dual citizenship taken by the Finnish social service to a children's shelter in 2010